News - Commodore USA to launch Atom-powered PC64

[HEXUS]

Nostalgia-inducing all-in-one packs modern components into replica chassis.

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[Brewster0101]

I think this is a nice idea, but in reality how many people are really going to spend money on this.

I wonder if they will use the same style and feel keys. The keys were horrible compared to todays standards.

[BullDogg]

I think this is a nice idea, but in reality how many people are really going to spend money on this.

I wonder if they will use the same style and feel keys. The keys were horrible compared to todays standards.

Agreed. It really doesn't look very comfortable to use. A nice novelty (or expensive emulator?) but I think the market will be limited, even at nettop prices.

[Irien]

Seconding the problem with the keyboard - a modern 10x key keyboard has a lot of other important keys (cursor keys, Home/End/Insert/Pup/down) that just don't seem to be present in the picture. This would surely make the whole thing rather unpleasant?

[BullDogg]

Seconding the problem with the keyboard - a modern 10x key keyboard has a lot of other important keys (cursor keys, Home/End/Insert/Pup/down) that just don't seem to be present in the picture. This would surely make the whole thing rather unpleasant?

Even though that picture was pulled from the Commodore USA web site, I get the feeling its just a shot of the original C64. I mainly say that because another (low quality) shot shows the optical drive popping out of the left hand side. Obviously there's no optical drive in the pic, so I'd guess it's not the new model.

[Percy1983]

Surely you could buy an good old 64 on ebay and fit what you want with a bit of work.

Would be shocked if it hasn't been done already.

[DavidM]

Surely you could buy an good old 64 on ebay and fit what you want with a bit of work.

Would be shocked if it hasn't been done already.

http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/sx64/

And the conversion of the SX64 "lugable" portable C64: http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/sx64/

[Jaffo]

If it were priced right (and I'm guessing it won't be!), I'd love one of these to use as a HTPC; my first computer was a C64.

[caveman-jim]

Now I want an Atari 800XL with a LLano in it.

[cameronlite]

complete with attractive beige colouring

Ah, yes, sexy, sexy beige...

[MSIC]

And an atom CPU might be nearly good enough to run some emulated C64 code... nearly.

[DavidM]

Even though I wasn't a C64 fan - still can't beat a the SID for some great audio

[kopite]

I thought this was what the new commodore was supposed to look like

[Gerrard]

The problem I see with it is that it's basically a laptop without a screen and presumably a battery as well. As such, unless there's wireless video so you can use it with your TV without having to hook it up (will still have to plug the power in), I can't really see the point. It's nice to see AIO keyboards again, but I guess there's a reason they died out...

[RoganJosh]

Good luck hooking up the datasette


gridrunner used to load in a sweet 042 count!

[Domestic_Ginger]

I'll only get it if it comes with the 10 ton power brick; still got my 600!